Birmingham Jail
Civil Disobedience
MLA Format
Literary Devices and Language
The Allegory of the Cave
100
Who specifically was Dr. King addressing in "Letter From Birmingham Jail"?
Who are several clergyman from Alabama.
100
Why was Thoreau arrested?
What is for not paying a poll tax.
100
What is the number of containers in the new ML8 format?
What is nine
100
He is as dumb as a post is an example of what literary device.
What is a simile?
100
The name for those in the cave?
What ar?e prisoners
200
King states that normally he does not take the time to answer criticisms. Why does he take the time to answer "A call to unity"?
What is because they are are his colleagues and he figures that they are genuine men of good will.
200
Name two political/government policies which Thoreau strongly opposed.
What is slavery and the Mexican War.
200
If I include the name of a reference/source in the sentence, do I need to include the reference name in the in-text citation?
What is no?
200
"I once caught a fish that was so big, I had to get a truck to move it"
What is hyperbole?
200
The speaker/narrator in The Allegory of the Cave.
Who is Socrates?
300
Identify the two kinds of laws that Dr. King speaks about.
What are just laws and unjust laws.
300
What is Thoreau's definition of the best kind of government?
What is a government which governs least. Other similar answers may apply.
300
What is the C-R-A-P rule for analyzing web sources?
Credibility, Reliability, Authority, Purpose/Point of View.
300
The four thesis models.
What is basic thesis, a thesis with reasons, a thesis with concessions, and a thesis with concessions and reasons.
300
The person the narrator is speaking to
Who is Glaucon?
400
Give the name or the acronym of the civil rights group for which Dr, King served as president.
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Leadership Conference (SCLC)
400
How long did Thoreau stay in jail?
What is overnight?
400
What is now excluded in MLA citations in version 8, which was required in version 7?
What is the publication location?
400
Create a T-T-E chain for the topic religion.
What is ..
400
This happens when someone returns to the cave. Be specific.
What is he tries to relate his experiences to the prisoners, but they don't understand.
500
Name the parts of a nonviolent campaign (in order).
What is 1. Collection of the facts to determine whether injustice exists 2.Negotiation 3.Self-purification 4.Direct action
500
The transcendentalist who aligned with Thoreau, but drew the line when Thoreau, in his opinion, went to extremes in being civilly disobedient?
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson.
500
What are the new MLA 8 containers for creating your citations - in order?
What is author, title of source, title of container, other contributors, version, number, publisher, publication date, location.
500
Ask now what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country is an example of what literary device?
What is a chiasmus?
500
Plato considers these two qualities the true blessings in life.
What are virtue and wisdom.
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